摘要 |
THE INVENTION PROVIDES A SIMPLY-CONSTRUCTED APPARATUS FOR APPLYING A SUBSTANTIALLY FIXED AMOUNT OF ADHESIVE ONTO A SCARF-CUT FACE OF A VENEER.THE APPARATUS INCLUDES: A PLURALITY OF ROLLS (2,4,48,50) FOR SUCCESSIVELY FEEDING VENEERS IN A PREDETERMINED FEEDING DIRECTION ALONG FIBERS OF THE VENEERS; A PLURALITY OF DETECTORS (6) FOR DETECTING EXISTENCE OF A VENEER; AN ADHESIVE RESERVOIR (40) HAVING A LENGTH,IN A DIRECTION PERPENDICULAR TO THE FEEDING DIRECTION,EQUAL TO OR GREATER THAN THE WIDTH OF THE VENNERS; AN ADHESIVE APPLICATION MEMBER (24) HAVING A LENGTH, IN THE DIRECTION PERPENDICULAR TO THE FEEDING DIRECTION,EQUAL TO OR GREATER THAN THE WIDTH OF THE VENEERS; AND A PLURALITY OF PIVOT MECHANISMS (26) AND LIFTING MEMBERS (28) FOR RECIPROCATING THE ADHESIVE APPLICATION MEMBER (24) BETWEEN A FIRST POSITION AND A SECOND POSITION. AT THE FIRST POSITION, THE ADHESIVE APPLICATION MEMBER (24) IS INSERTED INTO THE ADHESIVE RESERVOIR (40) TO TAKE A SUBSTANTIALLY FIXED AMOUNT OF ADHENSIVE ON ADHESIVE-APPLYING FACES (24A, 24B) OF THE ADHESIVE APPLICATION MEMBER (24). AT THE SECOND POSITION,THE ADHESIVE-APPLYING FACES (24A, 24B) OF THE ADHESIVE APPLICATION MEMBER (24) IS PRESSED IN A SUBSTANTIALLY PARALLEL CONFIGURATION AGAINST A SCARF-CUT FACE OF THE VENEER TO APPLY THE SUBSTANTIALLY FIXED AMOUNT OF ADHESIVE OF THE ADHESIVE-APPLYING FACES (24A, 24B) TO THE SCARF-CUT FACE OF THE VENEER. |